The CY8CKIT-044 features an innovative CapSense Gesture Pad designed to support swipe and circular gestures. The kit also includes two CapSense Proximity headers.

The kit has a set of on-board sensors, including an Ambient Light Sensor, a 3-Axis Accelerometer and a TemperatureSensor. The kit also includes an on-board RGB LED, a user-button and a 1-Mbit Cypress F-RAM device. Additionally, the kit has headers for Arduino shields, Digilent Pmods and Raspberry Pi enabling you to use a variety of 3rd party modules.